Lewis acid catalysed cyclisation and halogen exchange reactions of 1, 1′-biphenyl-2-yl isocyanide dihalides

KS Currie, G Tennant

Index: Currie, Kevin S.; Tennant, George Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1995 , # 22 p. 2295 - 2296

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Abstract

1, 1′-Biphenyl-2-yl isocyanide dichloride and dibromide undergo unprecedented intramolecular Friedel–Crafts type cyclisation reactions catalysed by various Lewis acids affording useful synthetic methods for otherwise difficult to access 6-chloro-and 6-bromo- phenanthridines; nucleophilic displacement reactions of th